Plan Your Legacy

By including the AACR Foundation in your legacy gift planning, you can achieve the goals that are important to you and your family, while sustaining the mission and future of an organization that you value and believe in.

A legacy commitment to the AACR Foundation ensures a lasting impact on scientific discovery and innovation in the treatment and prevention of cancer for generations to come.

Dr. Bayard D. Clarkson Legacy Society

The Dr. Bayard D. Clarkson Legacy Society gratefully acknowledges and celebrates those individuals who have made an inspiring legacy commitment to the AACR Foundation through an arranged estate, endowed, or other planned gift in support of our mission to prevent and cure cancer.

Dr. Clarkson’s association with the AACR began in 1962, when he first became a member. His leadership, scientific expertise, and service over the years have aided the expansion of AACR programs and activities, and helped to advance the important work of AACR’s scientists around the globe. Recognizing the need for sustained funding to support groundbreaking innovation and discovery in cancer research and prevention, Dr. Clarkson championed the creation of the AACR Foundation, becoming its Founding Chair in 2001. Since its inception, the AACR Foundation has raised significant funds in support of the AACR and its initiatives to advance lifesaving cancer research.

Please consider joining the Dr. Bayard D. Clarkson Legacy Society today by making a legacy commitment to the AACR Foundation.

There are a variety of opportunities for making your legacy commitment to benefit the AACR’s mission:

designate the AACR Foundation as a
beneficiary of your retirement plan; a gift made from a tax-deferred retirement account means 100 percent of your gift can be used by the AACR without reduction of value of the account from taxes that would be incurred otherwise;

make the AACR Foundation the beneficiary and owner of an existing
insurance policy after its original intended need has become obsolete;

fund an AACR
Charitable Gift Annuity, if 60 years of age or older, utilizing appreciated securities held long-term (one year or longer) to avoid capital gains tax, enjoy a charitable tax deduction, and provide yourself with income for life;

fund an
AACR Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity, if younger than 60 years of age, to immediately avoid capital gains tax on the gifted appreciated property (e.g. securities or real estate), enjoy an immediate tax deduction as allowable by law, and provide yourself with an income flow deferred until your retirement age;

If you have already included the AACR Foundation in your will and estate plans, please let us know so that we may acknowledge your kind support right away, and enroll you in the Dr. Bayard D. Clarkson Legacy Society.

For your convenience, this confidential form may be used to notify the AACR about your legacy commitment. We will respect your wishes to remain anonymous if that is your preference and all communication is completely confidential.

* * *The purpose of this web page is to provide information of a general character only. The AACR Foundation is not engaged in rendering legal or tax advisory service. Advice from legal and tax counsel should be sought when considering these types of gifts.